Alien Invasion: Oh, the Humanity!

[goodboyladdie]

I got caught out by it against the AI once. It got very nasty very quickly and cost me a CA and a DD sunk and other vessels damaged. I am glad I did not learn in a pbem...

[Yava]

So far so good... Wake is safe for the time being... 

[USSAmerica]

Shhhhh...be vewy, vewy qwiet.....I'm hunting tankers!  [:D]

[USSAmerica]

After some discussion on Yava's AAR, I'm considering some changes to my LCU deployments along the island chain from Hawaii to Oz.  I had been planning the 2nd Marines and some supporting units at Noumea, and the 40th Div at Suva, but they may not be enough to stop a strong effort to take either base.  I'm now pretty convinced I need to get them both stationed at the same base, and I 'm leaning toward Suva.  Need to study the map some more...
 
I'm having trouble imagining what a PBEM opponent can do to my holdings in '42, even after reading many AAR's.  I'm too stuck in the AI rut.  I think I need to dial things back and play a little more conservative than I've been planning in a few areas, starting with SoPac.  [8|]

[USSAmerica]

[font="times new roman"]12/12/41[/font]
[font="times new roman"]Surface combat action today at Kuching!  [8D][/font]
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[font="times new roman"]The Aliens came into Kuching with a LOT of AP’s, and they brought some friends, either for protection or bombardment:[/font]
Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CL Kashii
CL Isuzu
DD Sagiri
 
[font="times new roman"]My PoW TF was waiting for them, with tea and crumpets ready:[/font]
 
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
BC Repulse
CA Exeter
CL Danae
DD Tenedos
DD Vampire
DD Electra
DD Encounter
DD Express
DD Jupiter
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[font="times new roman"]These guys went 3 rounds, with Chokai, Isuzu and Sagiri confirmed sunk, and Kashii taking 27 shell hits.  I doubt if she will make it to port.  DD Tenedos didn’t survive the encounter, but everyone else took no damage, or some paint scratches.  I think it didn’t hurt that CA Chokai took a torpedo in round 1, and was basically out of the fight at that point.  The PoW TF then ripped into a big 14 AP transport group with 4 ASW escorts.  AP Hokuhi Maru went under with 1098 casualties and 9 guns reported lost.  5 other AP’s took damage as well as all 4 escorts, 2 of which were confirmed sunk.  The PoW TF finally headed for home at Batavia with mostly empty magazines and let my Dutch PT’s play.  12 of them intercepted a second TF of 2 AP’s and 3 AK’s.  The Dutch sailors know their priorities.  Both AP’s ate 1 Torpedo each, and several shell hits, and I lost 1 PT to return fire.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]The Dutch subs stationed along the approach to Kuching also had some luck.  I hit 2 AP’s with torps from 2 different subs, only 1 of which later made it to Kuching for the reception.  Maybe the other went down quickly.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Daylight revealed the wisdom of the PoW TF clearing out for home, as air and asw attacks announced the presence of a large Alien SC TF only 1 hex out from Kuching.  [X(][/font]
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[font="times new roman"]It includes at least the following ships:[/font]
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
CA Atago
CA Takao
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio
DD Asashio
 
[font="times new roman"]All of the transports that were in the fight at Kuching are back in the hex with this BB group, 1 NE of Kuching.  I guess their commanders decided it was too hot to attempt a landing and retreated.  None of my planes at Singkawang were successful attacking the BB’s and CA’s, but one Vildebeest did hit an AP with a bomb from 17,000 feet.  That AP was not listed in the combat reports for Kuching, so it makes at least 17  AP’s and 3 AK’s total that initially headed for Kuching.  One hex closer, and those bombs would have been torpedoes.  I’m sure all the transports will be ordered back to Kuching tonight, escorted by the BB group.  My PT’s were able to rearm from 2 AGP’s that had just made it to Kuching yesterday.  Those guys are now high-tailing it out of there, while the PT’s will stand and face the BB’s.  I don’t know what kind of ground forces Mynok has loaded in the invasion fleet, but with that many AP’s I’m sure he will get plenty enough on the ground to take Kuching.  My goal was to make him fight for the base, and I gave him a pretty good bloody nose already.  [;)][/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Mynok’s subs around Singapore have to be running low on torpedoes.  [8|]  I-157 put 3 and a shell into another AK today, sinking it.  It’s getting expensive trying to slip supplies into Singapore.  My asw group that was successful yesterday didn’t move over after I-157 because the 4 MSW’s were out of DC’s, and I spotted another sub in their current hex.  I split off the 4 MSW’s and sent them back to Singapore to reload, where they promptly discovered an Alien minefield and went to work on it.  [:D]  Of course, while there, Bendigo was nailed and sunk by some Nells.  The remaining 2 PC’s of the asw group did get a hit on I-154….after I-154 tried to attack them.  I had a squadron of Buff’s flying LRCAP on the asw group, but when I split them up, the MSW’s ended up unprotected.  I need to watch that.  Wait, I just checked the combat report again, and I did get 5 Wirraways and 18 Buffalo I’s in the air against the 9 attacking Nells.  They were in the Singapore hex during this attack.  I downed 2 Nells and  damaged 3, but still lost the MSW.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Another Zero sweep of 84 planes hit Manila, killing 5 of my 7 P40’s that got in the air, for only 1 Zero.  At this point, Mynok is just making it cost less for me to “buy” these air groups and fly them out to India via China.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Several subs and escorts shot at each other around Formosa, but no hits were recorded on either side.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Several TK’s and AK’s are in Rangoon to grab some oil/resources/supply while it’s not too dangerous yet.  I reinforced the Buffalo squadron flying CAP there with a squadron of the AVG.  I was just in time, as the first air attack on Rangoon saw 24 Nates escort 19 Sallys.  I downed 2 Nates and damaged 2 Sallys in exchange for 1 Buf and 2 P-40B’s damaged.  I should have moved all 3 squadrons of the AVG there yesterday.  I will bring in the rest today, in case Mynok has spotted my ships loading in the harbor.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]The CV dance around Wake and Midway continued today.  There were no shots fired other than a PBY being damaged by flak (possibly by DD Ushio spotted in the group) over the TK TF.  After pouring over the operations report to make sure, I believe he did not sight my (two separate [;)]) CV tf’s as they made their way north of Wake.  Here’s the current picture:[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]My two concerns are not sighting the KB this turn and the forecast Thunderstorms for tomorrow.  None of the scattered AK’s I have in the area were spotted by CV based planes, so I think Mynok was keeping them all grounded yesterday to try to surprise me.  His plot for the KB over the last two days would put him in a great spot to get the jump on my CV’s if I did the expected thing and retreated from the Wake area toward Johnston I.  His TK group also changed course from Westerly to the SW.  This would keep them closer to the CV’s to refuel and has also moved them directly toward my carriers.  I’m sure if he knew where my carriers were, he would NOT be moving his TK’s toward them.  [:D]  Even without knowing for sure where his KB is, I’m going to roll the dice and try to pound his TK group.  I should be able to easily get away to the NE after that.  Keep your fingers crossed for decent flying weather over the TK's.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]That’s about it for today.  My turns are moving slower this week, as it is my wife’s week off work, so my evenings are spoken for.  Every other week, when she’s working, I can get my turns done much faster.  [/font]

[Capt. Harlock]

These guys went 3 rounds, with Chokai, Isuzu and Sagiri confirmed sunk, and Kashii taking 27 shell hits. I doubt if she will make it to port. DD Tenedos didn’t survive the encounter, but everyone else took no damage, or some paint scratches. I think it didn’t hurt that CA Chokai took a torpedo in round 1, and was basically out of the fight at that point. The PoW TF then ripped into a big 14 AP transport group with 4 ASW escorts. AP Hokuhi Maru went under with 1098 casualties and 9 guns reported lost. 5 other AP’s took damage as well as all 4 escorts, 2 of which were confirmed sunk. The PoW TF finally headed for home at Batavia with mostly empty magazines and let my Dutch PT’s play. 12 of them intercepted a second TF of 2 AP’s and 3 AK’s. The Dutch sailors know their priorities. Both AP’s ate 1 Torpedo each, and several shell hits, and I lost 1 PT to return fire.

That's a shot in the arm for Allied morale![:D] Good luck with the TK hunt . . .

[Yava]

Nice show at Kuching[:D]

[ny59giants]

As an Allied player in CHS, I would send in single ship AK's to Singapore for resupply. I would not use the big ocean going AK's (endurance over 10k - sent those to WC for supplies and troops) and use what I classify as coastal AK's to resupply (endurance around 5 to 7K). If it gets too hot, then land the supply at Palembang and use you barges to go back and forth (I try to take out BF, especially the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ISF and eventually get them to Australia to rebuild as you will find out very soon that you are short of Aviation support everywhere, but India until mid-42). [:(]
 
Now that your have put a temporary halt to his invasion, use youe subs to mine the base and invasion route. Switch your subs over to patrol as soon as they drop their mines and keep them there for a while as they still have 1/3 their torpedoes.
 
If you haven't done so yet, you will soon need to devote your large American fleet subs to transport duty to get you PAF Aviation and other units (BF, PS Eng, EAB, and maybe the 4th Marines out). Use Fiender's method with your subs on full speed until its done (took me till 5/42 when Manila fell) and now they are getting both 4/42 and 10/42 upgrades before unrestricted sub warfare hits full force. Cannot wait until I get good torpedoes in '43. [:D]

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

As an Allied player in CHS, I would send in single ship AK's to Singapore for resupply. I would not use the big ocean going AK's (endurance over 10k - sent those to WC for supplies and troops) and use what I classify as coastal AK's to resupply (endurance around 5 to 7K). If it gets too hot, then land the supply at Palembang and use you barges to go back and forth (I try to take out BF, especially the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ISF and eventually get them to Australia to rebuild as you will find out very soon that you are short of Aviation support everywhere, but India until mid-42). [:(]

Thanks ny. I've taken a closer look at the AK's in the DEI and I'm reorganizing to send the larger one's off to the WC. There are more AK's than I need, it seems in the area for CHS. In stock, I seem to remember using all of them to grab supplies and resources. I've been sending my ships into Singapore 1 at a time. No real problems from Alien aircraft yet, as you would expect from 1 ship convoys, but the subs are making me pay. I've got two more small ASW TF's on their way to the Singapore area.

I have also started a fragment air evacuation program from Malaya to India, via Medan and Burma. The 3 ISF base forces are high on the priority list to rescue a fragment to rebuild. I have to have something to do with all of those AV and Sup squads that will build up in the pool. [;)] These guys start out overstrength, too, so I'd love to grab the entire units, but I've decided not to evacuate any large portion of my ground forces from Manila or Malaya. I want to slow Mynok and his Alien Hordes down as much as possible. I know plenty of people will debate this decision, but this time around it's how I'll do it.

BTW, what barges were you referring to to slip supplies into Singapore? Did you mean the 6 (now 5 [8|]) LCVP's that start at Singapore? The Ship Availability screen does not show any Barges available.

Now that your have put a temporary halt to his invasion, use youe subs to mine the base and invasion route. Switch your subs over to patrol as soon as they drop their mines and keep them there for a while as they still have 1/3 their torpedoes.

I am pretty sure I have not put even a temporary halt to Mynok's Kuching invasion. All the transports are still only 1 hex out, and he has that BB group ready to escort them in today. I'll bet anything that those ships that retreated yesterday will be ordered back to Kuching today, with lots and lots of Martian boots on the ground by the end of the day. My Dutch subs are still in good position to get many shots at his ships, both approaching Kuching, and on the way back to Indochina. They will hit what they can until all the ships leave, they run out of torps, or they run out of fuel. Then, they will head back to Soerabaja to rearm. The British MLE from Colombo should have arrived at Soerabaja by then. [;)]

If you haven't done so yet, you will soon need to devote your large American fleet subs to transport duty to get you PAF Aviation and other units (BF, PS Eng, EAB, and maybe the 4th Marines out). Use Fiender's method with your subs on full speed until its done (took me till 5/42 when Manila fell) and now they are getting both 4/42 and 10/42 upgrades before unrestricted sub warfare hits full force. Cannot wait until I get good torpedoes in '43. [:D]

I am planning to use the US fleet subs to evacuate fragments from Manila, but I'm not going to try to get large formations out of the PI. I already have fragments of the Asiatic Flt HQ, 4 USMC Rgt, 1 USMC AA, 803 EAB, and larger chunks of the two Tk Bn's all safely on their way to Darwin, if not already there. I'll grab fragments of most of the FA and Egr units once some attrition makes them much cheaper to buy. I'm trying to spend my early PP's on getting all the air out of the PI (almost all reassigned), getting the Dutch transport squadrons over to SEAC, and buying ground forces and air groups from the West Coast. Those ground units in the PI are already in a place where Mynok will have to fight them, without me spending PP's. The West Coast assigned LCU's need to be reassigned before I can get them into a fight with the Aliens. (I hope! [X(][:D])

Again, great suggestions. Thanks for the input, ny, and keep it coming! [8D]

[ny59giants]

Be very careful with that MLE, its the only one you get until you take the 6 months to convert an AK at San Fran. Tell her captain to turn on the "shields and cloking devices" stolen from the Romulains. [:D][:D] I usually place it on the west side of Java as a smart Japanese player will bomb that port more readily than Tjilitjap. 
It's too early, but send your longer legged ML's to India and the shorter one to Australia via Perth.
 
It's early, but try to use your larger AK's to get about 100k worth of supply to Darwin before he takes control of Timor and prevents this. I usually send it from Aden. The rest of northern Oz besides Darwin is almost impossible to defend. Been there, tried that. [:(]  Any of those frags from the PI that need serious rebuilding need to go by ship to the southern part of Oz as the overland route takes forever and a day.
 
Elsewhere in Aussieland, the SW Pacific HQ "WILL NOT" draw supplies to itself. [:@][:@]  I moved it to Alice Spring (overland from Brisbane) hoping it would draw supply in my game up from Melbourne and then from my new mega-supply depot at Whyalla. Not happening. Finally, I exchanged it with the ANZAC HQ that I had moved from Townsville (earlier in the game) to Cloncurry and air transported to Tennant Creek. The ANZAC HQ is now at Alice Spring with over 90k and Tennant Creek, Daly Waters, and Katherine each have over 20k.  The big supply moves happened all in 2 days. [&o][&o]  Just something to be aware of before you run into this CHS/Big B bug.

[USSAmerica]

ny, I'll be extra careful with the MLE.  In stock, you don't get to start with any of them, so I'll treasure it.  [:D]  I will be starting 3-4 AK conversions to MLE's when I get my big influx of merchant shipping in January.  I'll also be converting 16 - 20 to AR's.  I decided against starting any conversions with my initial AK's in favor of getting my West Coast stationed units moving early. 
 
I am planning roughly every other supply convoy from Aden to head South to Java, and then Darwin, with the alternating convoys going to the Calcutta area.  I want to get at least 50k of supplies to Batavia and Soerabaja, and then stock up Darwin. 
 
I've had fragments in stock that were trying to march from Darwin to Sydney be wiped out by what I guess is attrition.  I want to avoid that, and it doesn't seem to happen when they are on ships, so that's the way I'll get them to Sydney.  Any last minute fragment evacuations from Manila by sub will proceed directly to Sydney. 
 
Thanks for the big heads up about SWPAC HQ.  [&o]  That is a significant bug in CHS, that I'm surprised is not easily fixed by now.  I guess it's not flagged as a "command" HQ properly in the DB.  Have you noticed a similar problem with Australia Command HQ?  This is a new one to me in CHS, but I'm not 100% sure it's a "command' HQ.  I guess I will have to make sure I get a piece of USAFFE HQ out of Manila to Oz. 

[USSAmerica]

I've got the results from the 12/13/41 turn combat.  Mynok is out of town this weekend, so I'm going to take my time with the turn and AAR update. 
 
As a quick snapshot of the turn, the Aliens did bring the troops back to Kuching with the BB escorts.  My PT's had a SC encounter with the enemy SC TF, but not a single hit was reported on either side.  Without combat animations, I don't know if they just all missed or if someone "evaded" combat.  Either way, no bombardment from the BB's, but enough troops are already ashore that my defender's bombardment attack showed I'm outnumbered roughly 3-1.  No surprise there.  My TB's from Sinkawing did score a single torpedo hit on Kongo and Haruna.  [8D]
 
The Alien TK's between Midway and Wake took a more Southerly course than I had hoped, so my CV's didn't intercept them.  I've spotted the KB again, moving toward Wake, probably still looking for my CV's.  I took my shot, now it's time to beat feet out of there.  I'll post a picture later. 

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: USS America
I've had fragments in stock that were trying to march from Darwin to Sydney be wiped out by what I guess is attrition. I want to avoid that, and it doesn't seem to happen when they are on ships, so that's the way I'll get them to Sydney. Any last minute fragment evacuations from Manila by sub will proceed directly to Sydney.

IIRC, LCU's on ships don't use supplies. Also, that trail in CHS that's north of Alice Springs is too expensive transport-wise to move supplies to units on it, so they will starve. If you really need to move something along a trail in Australia it will work if you have the transport planes available to supply the unit by air - I've done that.

But moving by ship is a lot faster than trails anyway.

My TB's from Sinkawing did score a single torpedo hit on Kongo and Haruna.

Wow!

The Alien TK's between Midway and Wake took a more Southerly course than I had hoped, so my CV's didn't intercept them. I've spotted the KB again, moving toward Wake, probably still looking for my CV's. I took my shot, now it's time to beat feet out of there. I'll post a picture later.

Good try anyway, it might have worked. You pressed your luck far enough - I wonder if he pulled them a little closer to KB for protection or even as bait! [X(]

[Yava]

My TB's from Sinkawing did score a single torpedo hit on Kongo and Haruna.

Jolly nice! No sign of Dixie's Kongo in my game, must be leaking...[;)] A funny coincidence anyways[:)]

[USSAmerica]

I'd love to get in one more hit on each BB, but my TB's at Singkawing are barely at 50% operational capacity.  Not enough AV support there to sustain ops much longer.  It's a moot point soon, anyway, as Mynok will probably capture Kuching in the next turn or 2.  Those BB's do still have several Dutch subs that they have to make it past to get home... [;)]

[USSAmerica]

[font="times new roman"]12/13/41[/font]
[font="times new roman"]I don’t have a lot to add to my brief summary that I posted earlier.  I’m pretty happy with a fish into both Kongo and Haruna off Kuching.  He got boots on the ground there, which I never expected to prevent.  I just wanted to make it expensive.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]In China, I’m attempting to occupy Nanchang temporarily to allow the evacuation of my Chinese corps from the SE part of the China map.  I’ve ordered several units in the area to Nanchang, but so far 3 corps and 1 HQ have arrived.  Mynok shock attacked with the 7 spotted units (39k troops and 189 guns) that he has there.  It actually turned out to be 35k troops and 178 guns attacking my 34.5k troops and 169 guns.  His assault value was 1390 to my 970.  Adjusted was 743-722.  1400 Alien casualties to my 200.  [8D][/font][font="times new roman"]  I have 2 more corps and 3 HQ units that are marching to Nanchang to reinforce.  There are 7 corps and 2 HQ’s in the pocket of SE China that I would love to get out.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Mynok has pulled out of Ichang, which from what I’ve read, is considered undefendable by both sides in the early war for CHS.  I’m going to march 2 guerilla units into Ichang to raise the flag.  They will then move down the road 1 hex toward Hankow and then move into the wilderness flanking the road.  To safely use this road in the future to supply Ichang, Mynok will have to chase me into the brush and clean out my guerillas.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]The Alien TK’s are 5 hexes SE of my CVs, and the KB is 7 hexes SE of Wake.  I’m ordering my CVs to the NE at max speed, and then back to Pearl to refuel and fill out the air wings.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Witpqs, I doubt if Mynok was using his TK’s as bait.  The course his KB has taken would have eaten my CVs alive, if I had tried to run from Wake by the typical route toward Johnston.  He’s now sweeping back west toward Wake, hoping to find my boys.  I think his TKs turned south after he decided to take his CVs in that direction.  It’s very possible that Mynok will figure out where my CVs went in another day or two, and then he’ll realize how lucky his TKs were to miss me. [;)][/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Turn’s off to Mynok, but I don’t know if he’ll get to it this evening or not, after being out of town this weekend.  [/font]

[USSAmerica]

[font="times new roman"]12/14/41[/font]
[font="times new roman"]The Alien KB likely doesn’t know where my 2 CVs are around Midway, but Mynok is trying his best to stumble onto them.  He moved the KB NE today, toward Midway, and also closer to my CVs as they try to get away.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]The issue I have that is becoming larger is that fuel for my carriers is running low.  I can make it back to Pearl with no problem, but I still need to move directly away from the KB at max speed.  The solution to this problem showed itself in the form of an AO that I started the war heading to Anchorage, which I redirected to Midway on 12/7.  What a lucky break.  It’s 4 hexes NE of Midway currently.  I’ll turn it around for now and let my CVs continue NE at full speed until the KB gives up the chase.  Since I don’t think Mynok knows exactly where my CVs are, I think he’ll break off before he gets too close to Midway.  Mega CAP or not, I don’t think he would want to risk sailing within SBD range of Midway.  I have no SBDs there yet, but would you risk your KB like that this early in the war?[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]At Kuching, a Dutch sub hit and sank another AP today.  My 11 PTs engaged the BB TF and shots were actually fired.  Sadly, all the hits were on 3 of my PTs.  Later in the day, 2 damaged PGs took on my remaining 8 PTs.  Again, I didn’t hit the PGs at all, and I’m down to 5 PTs.  The 5 remaining still have all 10 of their torpedoes, so I guess they were not able to get close enough in either fight to use them.  It’s time to pull them out of there.  Once daylight came, my scrappy TBs from Sinkawing took to the air again.  [/font]
 
Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 3
Vildebeest IV x 3
T.IVa x 2
Martin 139 x 6
 
Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 3 damaged
Vildebeest IV: 1 damaged
T.IVa: 1 damaged
Martin 139: 1 damaged
 
Japanese Ships
BB Haruna, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage  [8D]
CA Takao
BB Kongo
 
[font="times new roman"]Mynok must be getting tired of this by now.  [:D]  I’d guess there’s a 50/50 chance that the airfield at Sinkawing gets hit hard tomorrow.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]6 Hudsons from Singapore followed up with a total of 3 hits on two more APs at Kuching to finish off the action at sea there.  We still had ground combat to contend with, and Mynok didn’t disappoint.  His Alien ground-pounders must be quite disrupted, but he shock attacked anyway.  [/font]
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Ground combat at Kuching
 
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 6113 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 118
Defending force 1138 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
 
Japanese max assault: 170 - adjusted assault: 44
Allied max defense: 39 - adjusted defense: 69
 
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)
 
Japanese ground losses:
313 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
 
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
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[font="times new roman"]His troops are still coming ashore, but it will be another day or two before he can start flying Bettys out of the airfield here.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]At Kwajalein, I might have tipped Mynok off that he needs to sweep for mines…[/font]
Sub attack near Kwajalein  at 81,84
 
Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
 
Allied Ships
SS Argonaut
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[font="times new roman"]Argo finished dumping her presents and gave Yubari a parting gift.  This attack was listed twice in the combat report, but I’m not sure if there were 2 attacks or not.  It doesn’t really matter, because Yubari disappeared below the waves.  Cause of death is listed as 1000lb bomb, so she likely was terminal already, but it’s fun to see Argo hole an enemy ship.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]I lost another AK to a sub outside Singapore today, and AK Dayak hit a mine at Singapore.  Yes, there are still some mines there.  I had my two MSWs out hunting subs instead of sweeping, figuring subs are a bigger threat.  I hit a mine and lost a ship to a sub, without any hits on subs in the area.  Go figure.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]My subs up around Formosa are taking some abuse.  I’ve hit a few enemy ships up here, but the damage I’m accumulating is not worth it at the moment.  Mynok has Alien ASW ships swarming all over the area.  Time to find easier pickings.  I don’t want to send my fleet boats too far from Manila until I have used them to sub evac fragments, once those LCUs get cheaper to buy.  Then, it’s mine, mine, mine for them.[/font]
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[font="times new roman"]In China, there were ineffective bombardments at Hong Kong and Nanchang.  There was also an interesting development 1 hex West of Hangchow.  I have 5 Chinese corps there to hold the road open while 2 other corps and 2 HQ units get onto the road to Nanchang behind them.  The Aliens marched 2 units into the same hex and promptly attacked.  I can only assume that Mynok thought my 5 units were guerillas and would be a push over.  Instead, he found that my troops are dug in with 3 “field fort” levels and still in good supply.  [/font]
Ground combat at 50,39
 
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 13111 troops, 69 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 294
Defending force 41960 troops, 224 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1298
 
Japanese max assault: 288 - adjusted assault: 14
Allied max defense: 1327 - adjusted defense: 853
 
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1
 
Japanese ground losses:
1347 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 2
 
Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
[font="times new roman"]That attack had to leave him pretty disrupted, and he was recently on the move, so his troops are not dug in yet.  I’m considering either a shock attack or a deliberate attack on these troops tomorrow, before they can recover.  I wouldn’t hope to chase them back into and occupy Hangchow.  I just want to force a couple of his units to retreat.  The loss of supply and severe disruption it causes would buy me some good time to get out of this SE China pocket in good shape.  [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Anyone have an opinion on what I should do here?  [&:][/font]

[Yava]

Slow him down... that's all I can say... you know Japs are everywhere...

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: USS America

[font="times new roman"]That attack had to leave him pretty disrupted, and he was recently on the move, so his troops are not dug in yet. I’m considering either a shock attack or a deliberate attack on these troops tomorrow, before they can recover. I wouldn’t hope to chase them back into and occupy Hangchow. I just want to force a couple of his units to retreat. The loss of supply and severe disruption it causes would buy me some good time to get out of this SE China pocket in good shape. [/font]
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[font="times new roman"]Anyone have an opinion on what I should do here? [&:][/font]

Depending on what the terrain is, a deliberate attack might not retreat him. Try a shock attack (unless he has more units that might finish moving in the same turn, then you get hurt).

[USSAmerica]

A shock attack has been ordered for today by my 5 Chinese Corps west of Hangchow. 

While working on my orders last night I thought about the situation with the KB near Wake some more.  It's very possible that Mynok has moved his CVs to the NE not to chase my CVs, but to replenish from the TKs I had been stalking.  The relative positions would be just about right.  Either way, my CVs are moving at full speed to the NE, and my AO is going to meet them a few hexes NE of it's current location.  If the Alien KB keeps pursuing, I'll keep running.  [;)]

It was quite late last night before I got the turn off to Mynok, so no results back yet. Probably not until later tonight.